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l gtluited @time H. MONTGOMERY WHITE, OE EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

.Leners Poem No. 86,479, dated Fewo/ry 2,1869.

I ARLOR-G-AMIVEI.

Thu Sehedule referred to in these Letters Patent and :na-king part ofthe sama.

To all whom it ma/y concern Beit known that I, H. MONTGOMERY WHITE, of

East Hartford, in the'countyof Hartford, andState of Connecticut, haveinvented anew anduseful Improved Parlor-Game; and I declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making la part of this specicatiou'. l l

Figure lis a perspective view of the top of a table with my improvementaxed thereon.

My improvement will enable personsto play billiards at their homes, atsmall expense for apparatus, and with none of the temptations ordinarilyincident to billiard-playing in public rooms.

In the drawing, A represents the top of a table. Almost any table foundin thefamily will do for this purpose, but the size best suited to it isone six feet long by three feet Wide. It is not absolutely necessary touse a cloth thereon,though to do so is better.

I fasten at each corner a screwfolamp, made of metal, represented in thedrawing by B C D E, of about the size and kind now in common use forfastening sew- Y ing-birds to tables, te.; but in the place of thesewing-bird, a straight rod or pillar, cylindrical in form,

about three-eighths of an inch in diameter, and. about three incheshigh, stands perpeudicularly on the clamp. l

vcember, 1868.

Three of these corner pins, C D E, have three equidistant grooves,represented by a b o.

One corner pin, B, has, instead of these grooves, and answering to them,three knobs, el e f.

The four corner pins being all firmly screwed to the four corners of thetable, I-loop a'strong cord, as, over the top, of the corner pin B. Idraw it tightlyarouud the other pins, through all the grooves a', andfasten on knob d. I 'then carry the Cord down to knob o, around thepins, through grooves b, and fasten on knob e. Iiepeat the operation forthe lower knob, f, and

grooves c, and 4the table is ready. Put thereon the ordinary cues andballs, and the game is ready.

If it is desired to play a pocketgame, I place a small nine-pin at eachofthe four corners, and when one of them is knocked down, let it countfor a pocket.

'l claim as my `invention- The knobbed pin B, the grooved pins C D E,all

4with screw-clamps, in combination with the cord x,

adjusted in the grooves a b c, and fastened on knobs d e f, when used asherein described, for the purposes described.

Dated at Hartford, Connecticut, this 8th day of De- H. MONTGOMERY WHITE.l

Witnesses W. E. SIMONDs,l H. C. CURTIS.

